Myth, 81

 ~ People Are Basically Good ~

Historical Reality  ~  God made man and woman in His image and part of what He gave to man was the ability to make decisions.  Early in human existence Adam and Eve exercised that free will to make wrong decisions and at that moment sin entered into the world and has since been passed down to all humans.  “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23-24).

Reality Check (parents)  ~  All parents will testify that they didn’t have to teach their “little darlings” to become selfish and sinful. 

Reality Check (politicians)  ~  In the world of politics the solution of all problems is either to spend more money or provide more education or a combination of both.  Why is it then that the wealthiest and most prosperous nations have never come close to solving the sin nature of mankind.  Could it be that Romans 3:23 above provides the answer? 

The Good News  ~  There is a remedy for sin!  Read the words of Jesus Christ, “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,  that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.  For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.  But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God” (John 3:14-21). 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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